{"id":4824,"date":"2022-06-07T13:26:25","date_gmt":"2022-06-07T17:26:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/deptest.nj.gov\/otpla\/?p=4824"},"modified":"2022-06-07T13:26:25","modified_gmt":"2022-06-07T17:26:25","slug":"what-is-otpla","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/deptest.nj.gov\/otpla\/what-is-otpla\/","title":{"rendered":"What is OTPLA?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">About us<\/span><\/b><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335551550&quot;:1,&quot;335551620&quot;:1,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"none\">The Office of Transactions and Public Land Administration (OTPLA) <\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">combines the transactional support focus of the Department\u2019s Legal, Regulatory and Legislative Affairs (LRLA) group with the critical land management\u202fand compliance\u202ffunctions\u202fof the former Green Acres Bureau of\u202fLegal Services and Stewardship,\u202fthe former Office\u202fof Leases and Concessions and the former Green Acres real estate closing team.\u202f<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335551550&quot;:1,&quot;335551620&quot;:1,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Three sections of OTPLA<\/span><\/b><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335551550&quot;:1,&quot;335551620&quot;:1,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li data-leveltext=\"\uf0b7\" data-font=\"Symbol\" data-listid=\"2\" data-aria-posinset=\"1\" data-aria-level=\"1\"><span data-contrast=\"auto\"><a href=\"https:\/\/deptest.nj.gov\/otpla\/public-land-administration\/\">Public Land Administration<\/a> [former NHR Office of Leases and Concessions], managed by Adria Wentzel<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;134233279&quot;:true,&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335551550&quot;:1,&quot;335551620&quot;:1,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li data-leveltext=\"\uf0b7\" data-font=\"Symbol\" data-listid=\"2\" data-aria-posinset=\"2\" data-aria-level=\"1\"><span data-contrast=\"auto\"><a href=\"https:\/\/deptest.nj.gov\/otpla\/public-land-compliance\/\">Public Land Compliance<\/a> [former Green Acres Bureau of Legal Services and Stewardship], managed by Nancy Lawrence<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;134233279&quot;:true,&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335551550&quot;:1,&quot;335551620&quot;:1,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li data-leveltext=\"\uf0b7\" data-font=\"Symbol\" data-listid=\"2\" data-aria-posinset=\"3\" data-aria-level=\"1\"><span data-contrast=\"auto\"><a href=\"https:\/\/deptest.nj.gov\/otpla\/legal-transactional-operations\/\">Legal and Transactional Operations<\/a> [former Green Acres closing team], managed by Lauren Procida, Esq.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;134233279&quot;:true,&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335551550&quot;:1,&quot;335551620&quot;:1,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Goals of OTPLA<\/span><\/b><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335551550&quot;:1,&quot;335551620&quot;:1,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li data-leveltext=\"\uf0b7\" data-font=\"Symbol\" data-listid=\"3\" data-aria-posinset=\"4\" data-aria-level=\"1\"><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Improve LRLA\u2019s support of the Department\u2019s contracting needs<\/span><\/li>\n<li data-leveltext=\"\uf0b7\" data-font=\"Symbol\" data-listid=\"3\" data-aria-posinset=\"4\" data-aria-level=\"1\"><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Manage the State acquisition closing process<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;134233279&quot;:true,&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335551550&quot;:1,&quot;335551620&quot;:1,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li data-leveltext=\"\uf0b7\" data-font=\"Symbol\" data-listid=\"3\" data-aria-posinset=\"4\" data-aria-level=\"1\"><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Implement a consistent approach to the appropriate uses of State and local Green Acres-encumbered parkland<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;134233279&quot;:true,&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335551550&quot;:1,&quot;335551620&quot;:1,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li data-leveltext=\"\uf0b7\" data-font=\"Symbol\" data-listid=\"3\" data-aria-posinset=\"4\" data-aria-level=\"1\"><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Develop new and updated policies, protocols for public lands under the Department\u2019s ownership or jurisdiction<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;134233279&quot;:true,&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335551550&quot;:1,&quot;335551620&quot;:1,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li data-leveltext=\"\uf0b7\" data-font=\"Symbol\" data-listid=\"3\" data-aria-posinset=\"4\" data-aria-level=\"1\"><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Standardize review and approval of\u202fconveyances, leases, licenses,\u202feasements and conservation restrictions, management agreements, requests for proposals and other land management documents\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li data-leveltext=\"\uf0b7\" data-font=\"Symbol\" data-listid=\"3\" data-aria-posinset=\"4\" data-aria-level=\"1\"><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Develop conservation restriction release guidelines\u00a0<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;134233279&quot;:true,&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335551550&quot;:1,&quot;335551620&quot;:1,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li data-leveltext=\"\uf0b7\" data-font=\"Symbol\" data-listid=\"3\" data-aria-posinset=\"4\" data-aria-level=\"1\"><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Support key land management initiatives\u202f<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;134233279&quot;:true,&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335551550&quot;:1,&quot;335551620&quot;:1,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"none\">OTPLA <\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">is led by Director Robert S. Guzek, Jr. Esq.\u00a0and assisted by Assistant Director Judeth Yeany and Policy Advisor Marlen Dooley.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335551550&quot;:1,&quot;335551620&quot;:1,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Contact us<\/span><\/b><br \/>\n<a href=\"mailto:OTPLA@deptest.nj.gov\"><span data-contrast=\"none\">OTPLA@deptest.nj.gov<\/span><\/a><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335551550&quot;:1,&quot;335551620&quot;:1,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>About us\u00a0 The Office of Transactions and Public Land Administration (OTPLA) combines the transactional support focus of the Department\u2019s Legal, Regulatory and Legislative Affairs (LRLA) group with the critical land management\u202fand compliance\u202ffunctions\u202fof the former Green Acres Bureau of\u202fLegal Services and Stewardship,\u202fthe former Office\u202fof Leases and Concessions and the former Green Acres real estate closing team.\u202f\u00a0 [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":257,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[26],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4824","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-whats-new"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/deptest.nj.gov\/otpla\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4824","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/deptest.nj.gov\/otpla\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/deptest.nj.gov\/otpla\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/deptest.nj.gov\/otpla\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/257"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/deptest.nj.gov\/otpla\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4824"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/deptest.nj.gov\/otpla\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4824\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/deptest.nj.gov\/otpla\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4824"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/deptest.nj.gov\/otpla\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4824"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/deptest.nj.gov\/otpla\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4824"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}